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I ordered the bionic extra capacity battery from Verizon for half price with free shipping. Today I get a call from my wife saying that FedEx left a tag at the door. ARE YOU KIDDING? For a $25.00 battery they require a signature? The only reason I. Ordered online was to get the deal. Now I have no battery and I'm going away tomorrow. Sending it right back. This past Christmas, I got a 40 " tv, 2 printers, 2 hard drives, and a surround system. All online, all delivered with no signature required and no problems. I wonder if that battery was taken, if Verizon would have called out the National Guard?

If I had the time I would have. But I don't that's why I bought it online. And I'm going away tomorrow. Verizon should have stated that a signature would be required on the website. I would have bought elsewhere AND I'd have my battery.

I bought my battery the same way that you did. I did not have to sign for mine. Mine was sent USPS. if you paid for expedited shipping they usually require a sig as people are known to try to get shipping refunded by saying that it did not get there in time. I live in a great neighborhood and if the Fed-Ex guy delivered all of the things that you say were dropped without a sig, i would be mad. Do you know how long it takes to file a claim and get reimbursed for stolen items?

And if the deal is still going on, for others who read this thread, the discount also applies in store, not just online.

I do hate having to sign for packages though, I wonder if there was a period in the 80s or something where some malicious group started breaking into homes to accept packages that weren't theres...granted anyone can forge a name.

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Since at least one of my parents is at home all the time, I generally have the stuff shipped to their place. I set up a tracking email or text to say when it arrives.

When I used to work in shipping, there were 3 levels with UPS; no signature, signature and adult signature. FedEx's policy is at http://www.fedex.com/us/tracking/f_quickhelp.html, which is the problem. USPS and UPS don't automatically ask for a signature, FedEx does. Unfortunately you got the "luck of the draw" on how they shipped it.